Director/writer
JADE HÆREM AKSNES
Jade (b. 1987) is from Norway, and graduated in 2014 from the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles with an MFA in Directing. Prior to this she completed her studies in Norway with a BA in Film and TV Production, specializing in Directing, and an MA in Film Analysis.
Jade has written and directed several short films that have been officially selected by over 60 international film festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards and prizes including “Best Short Film”, “Best Director” and “Best Screenplay”. Her short PUSHING NIGHT AWAY, which was funded by the Norwegian Film Institute and the Western Norway Film Center, recently won the award for “Best International Film” at the Academy Award-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. Amongst Jade’s previous films is her short ENGLESPILL, which screened at 11 international film festivals, won an audience award, and was broadcast on Norwegian national television.
Based on her film production, Jade was awarded the Government Grant for Artists in 2017 and 2015, and she is currently working on developing her first feature film.
ADDITIONAL CREW
PRODUCER: Siv Aksnes & Niels Peter Hærem
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Smith
EDITOR: Jade Hærem Aksnes
MUSIC: Arne Nordheim, The Aller Værste
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Jade Hærem Aksnes / Siv Aksnes / Niels Peter Hærem
COSTUME DESIGNER: Jade Hærem Aksnes / Siv Aksnes / Niels Peter Hærem
MAKEUP ARTIST: Christine Hagland Jacobsen
SOUND RECORDIST: August Botne Sandberg
SOUND DESIGNER: Jade Hærem Aksnes
SOUND MIXER: Thomas Angell Endresen (Angell Studio AS)
GRADING: Arne Daniel Haldorsen (Flimmer Film AS)
1ST AC: Anita Vedå
2ND AC: Arne Daniel Haldorsen
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Thea Stamnes Svensson
CAST
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OLAF HEGGDAL
Olaf Heggdal is a Norwegian actor and film enthusiast who has starred in several films including
Here’s Harold (2014), the short films From Nordhordland With Love (2011) and
Small Penis (2009), in addition to several commercials.
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JULIAN HÆREM AKSNES
Julian Hærem Aksnes is a Norwegian actor who started his acting career fairly recently, but has already starred in several short films, including Time to Go (2016), The Restrictor (2016) and Pushing Night Away (2016).
He is currently studying Film and Television Production at the University of Bergen, and is also a talented musician, with skills ranging from electric guitar and drums to classical violin and opera.
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BEATE ROSTIN
Beate Rostin is a Norwegian actress and singer, educated from The Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has been engaged at several theaters in Sweden and Norway, and has starred in multiple film-and TV-productions, including Beatles (2014) and Varg Veum: Woman in The Fridge (2008).
Beate also has a teaching degree from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, and teaches kids and youths from 7 to 18 years in theatre and song at the Culture School in Bergen and Bergen National Opera.